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The Citizen, 2004-11-04, Page 19Living Water arkaa Tdleumfd p Nov. 7: Col. 3:5IT "Small Groups: New Hearts in Action" Evangelical Missionary Church 10:30 a.m. - Contemporary Worship & Sunday School at Blyth Public School, corner of King & Mill Pastor: Ernest Dow - 523-4848 t www.getlivingwater.org 6,1 254 Drummond St. E., Blyth Saturday Night Mass at 7:00 pm Father John Johnson, Pastor 357-2435 SING ASON OF Auburn - 526-1131 Sunday Wednesday 9:30 a.m. Family Bible Hour 10:30 a.m. - Morning Worship Service 7:30 p.m. Evening Worship Service 6:30 p.m. Crusaders for grades JK-6 7:15 - 8:30 p.m. Youth ' 7:15 p.m. Adult Bible Study MELVILLE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH BRUSSELS 11:00 a.m. - Sunday Morning Service - Sunday School 9:30 a.m. - Sunday Belgrave Service Wheelchair accessible Nursery care available Rev. Cathrine Campbell - 887-9831 Celebrating 150 years of Christian Witness and Service! St. Michael's Et Roman Catholic Church Et Peeewe 77clift' iloir evenatiA Sunday, November 7 Morning Worship Service - 10 a.m. Evening Worship Service - 7:30 p.m. BLYTH CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH Pastor John Kuperus Hwy. 4, Blyth 523-9233 Wheelchair accessible zt\ HURON CHAPEL EVANGELICAL MISSIONARY CHURCH 0"eas-.) PASTOR DAVE WOOD - 523-4941 vtitve ornsfalllitY Church of 00c1 "The Church is not a ,0t) A NORA,_ 0 1, Building, t It is People Touching People" Sunday 9:15 a.m. - Prayer Meeting 9:45 a.m. - Sunday School 11:00 a.m. - Worship Service Phone 523-4875 308 Blyth Rd. E. - Pastor Les Cook 523-4590 BLYTH UNITED CHURCH Corner of Dinsley & Mill Street Sunday, November 7 Worship Service & Sunday School 11:00 a.m. Remembrance Day Sunday ,41.1 Welcomte Minister: Rev. Dr. Eugen Bannerman Office: 523-4224 Blyth United Church is a welcoming community of faith. We celebrate God's presence through worship and study, and through responding to the needs and gifts of each other. THE ANGLICAN CHURCH OF CANADA 2Ueezeuice4 vot. it4 etuice etad utardzfr ectia e' SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7 Trinity, Blyth 9:30 a.m. St. John's, Brussels 11:15 a.m. The Rev. Tom Wilson, B.A., MDiv. 887-9273 BRUSSELS - ETHEL PASTORAL CHARGE UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA Joan Golden - Diaconal Student Minister Church Office 887-6259 E-mail - bepc@wcl.on.ca Sunday, November 7 Ethel United Church 9:30 a.m. Worship Service & Sunday School Brussels United Church 11:00 a.m. Worship Service & Sunday School Celebration of our 128th Anniversary 3:00 p.m. Schneiders Chorus Concert (tickets available at the door) Celebrating together our Christian Faith THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2004. PAGE 19. From the Minister's Study Roles can conflict with being a Christian By Theresa McDonald-Lee Knox Presbyterian Church, Cranbrook One of the jobs I do outside of the pastoral charge of Monkton- Cranbrook is work as the advisor to the Presbyterian Young People's Society of the Synod. Primarily this means working with the executive, attending their meetings, supporting, challenging, and encouraging the work of the organization. There are nine young people on the Executive, who live A night of beautiful and entertaining music can be enjoyed by all as the Kruisselbrink Sisters perform on Nov. 12 at the Clinton Christian Reformed Church. Also featured will be the Men of Note. Tickets are $10 each with net proceeds going to the Stephen Lewis Foundation, an organization The October meeting of the Melville Guild was held in the church parlour on Oct. 19 with 11 members present. The meeting opened with the Call to Worship and Psalm 100 read by Jeanne Ireland. • Come Ye Faithful People Come was sung and the scripture, Psalm 96, was read in unison. Kathleen Semple led in prayer and Mrs. Ireland gave the topic. She started by having everyone sing There's a Church in the Valley in the Wildwood and then read a story, The Gospel Truth, which was about what is happening to all the churches that are being closed. I am Trusting Thee. Lord Jesus was sung. Mrs. Semple read a story, My Everyday Thanksgiving, and a poem Thank You For. The Mizpah Benediction was repeated by all to close this part of the meeting. Alice Marks conducted the business due to the absence of president. Leona Armstrong. The minutes of the September meeting were read and approved. The correspondence included thank you cards from Mrs. Marks, as well as ones from Leanne Armstrong and Cathrine Campbell for helping with the 150th anniversary celebrations. Jeanne Kirkby gave the treasurer's report and Janna Dodds gave the WMS report. An $80 donation will be made to be used to drill a well in Malawi. The roll call was answered with everyone telling what they think should be done with a church that is closing. across the province from Windsor to . Toronto to Drayton to Glencoe. They always have a lot of work that needs to be done - but they also take time for spiritual refreshment and discussion. During one of their recent conversations the executive were discussing the need to talk about what the Bible says about current issues that affect them every day. Examples given were drinking, dating and attending church. Then one young man made a promoting help to HIV/AIDS victims worldwide. Support from this organization has gone to a school for orphaned girls in Lusaka, Zambia, providing medical services in Uganda and helping women fight AIDS in Kenya. At a very early age, music became a part of the Kruisselbrink children's Mary Thomas and Elizabeth Procter will speak on their trip to Japan at the November meeting. It was decided to invite guests. Mrs. Marks and Mrs. Kirkby will be in charge. Lunch was served by Mrs. Ireland and Mrs. Semple. statement that rang very true to me. He said: I want to be a teenager and I want to be a Christian. Substitute your situation in life into that sentence. I want to be a grandmother and I want to be a Christian. I want to be a hockey player and I want to be a Christian. I want to be a farmer and I want to be a Christian. I want to be a father and I want to be a Christian. I want to be and I want to be a Christian. This is true for most of us. We educational training and since then, has played a significant role in the Kruisselbrink family. Rebecca and Richelle, the two eldest sisters, began singing in their pre-school years at area nursing homes. When the family group had grown to five, Rebecca would accompany the other four on the piano during many of their concert performances. They have played with the Wilfrid Laurier Symphony Orchestra in Kitchener and a double piano concert by W.A. Mozart with the Georgian Bay Symphony in Owen Sound. Rebecca and Richelle have completed their requirements for the ARCT. The three younger sisters, Renee, Raelyn and Radine are studying piano as well. have more than one identity and more than one role that we are called to play in our life. Sometimes the other roles we are called to play out seem to conflict with being a Christian. When we are teenagers, we. want to experience life, try new things, and enjoy social times with friends. But as Christians, we want to follow Jesus, seek God's kingdom, and connect to the family of God. They are not always mutually The Men of Note, a male choir under the direction of Arend Streutker, sing in area churches as well as at many other community events. Lag April, the Men of Note participated in the annual Festival of Praise held at Centennial Hall in London. They have also travelled to Ottawa for a concert with the Carleton Male Choir. exclusive but on Saturday night - it is not always easy. These same tensions play out for each of us. It can be a balancing act. The ethics of everyday living can be difficult to navigate. When it gets difficult, I always think of this story in scripture, when a Pharisee asks Jesus a question: "Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest? He said to him, "You skean love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbour as yourself" If we are doing those two things - loving God and loving our neighbour - then we have found a way to be a Christian. And when we are following after God, then our identities will fall into place more easily. It doesn't mean the decisions will be easier, but it means our priorities will be clearer. Melville Guild meets Kruisselbrink Sisters perform in Clinton